>>628000You won't get over it before you do the deed. I didn't get upset when I killed for the first few times and then it hit me for a spell when I killed my second deer. Ultimately I think it's healthy that I got over my hangup about killing animals so I can be consistent with my more rational beliefs and take my place as an omnivore.
Just remember that the great majority of rabbits die in their first year of life, killed by predators that will eat them alive. You're a merciful god by comparison to a hawk.
A lot of people have little rituals for when they kill that seem to help them keep an even keel. Like another anon said, the "last bite" gesture is a common one. Just touch the nearest greenery to the animal's mouth when you first get to the body. I have more of those twigs than any other kind of trophy.
>>628060Fuck off.
>>628850That conflict is normal, all part of humanity's overgrown social intelligence. I think hunting makes people face the inevitable inconsistencies between our feelings and our actions fact to face and is very good for your mind in that way.
